Can We Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias?
With help from a $29 million grant, a BU researcher is coleading a national project to determine whether addressing key lifestyle and risk factors could reduce dementia risk.
Zika: The Next Pandemic
SPH professor concerned about virus, but also “prepared to be alarmed” The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads dengue, chikungunya, and zika. On February 1, 2016, Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), declared Zika virus “a public health emergency of international concern.” Chan’s statement said the 2016 outbreak is an “extraordinary event” and […]
What the T Can Tell Us about Health Inequalities
A pictorial essay Sandro Galea is dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health and a professor of epidemiology. Photo courtesy of Sandro Galea. There are many lenses through which to examine the health of a community. For example, Massachusetts has about 315 doctors per 100,000 people—more than 10 percent higher than the next closest state […]